Overview
As a Senior Buyer, you will deliver high‑impact procurement solutions across complex defence and engineering programmes. You will act as a key partner to Programme and Project teams, leading sourcing activities, driving value, and strengthening supplier performance across multiple procurement projects.
Responsibilities
* Lead procurement activities across multiple projects to deliver value, performance, and efficiency.
* Develop and implement supply chain strategies for defined packages of work.
* Build and manage strong supplier relationships to ensure quality and delivery excellence.
* Drive operational excellence through reporting, performance monitoring, and continuous improvement.
* Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to support programme objectives and commercial outcomes.
* Ensure the role is performed full‑time (37 hours per week) with hybrid working arrangements.
Experience & Qualifications
* Proven experience in a procurement or supply chain role, ideally within defence, aerospace, or engineering.
* Experience delivering supply chain strategies and identifying value and cost optimisation opportunities.
* Demonstrated expertise in supplier relationship management and performance improvement.
* Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate across programme teams.
* Understanding of procurement processes within complex project environments.
* MCIPS desirable but not essential.
Security Clearance
The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain a Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role.
Benefits
* Generous holiday allowance.
* Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance.
* Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+.
* Employee share scheme.
* Employee shopping savings portal.
* Payment of professional fees.
* Reservists in the armed forces receive 10 days of special paid leave.
* Holiday trading – the ability to buy additional leave or sell up to one working week of annual leave from the annual entitlement.
* 'Be Kind Day' – one paid day per year to undertake volunteering.
* Flexible working options.
* A dynamic working environment.
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